Adams had career highs in goals (10) and points (22) and tied his career high for assists (12) playing for the Hurricanes in 2003-04. He played nine games with Dusseldorf in the German league during last season's lockout, scoring a goal and adding two assists. He also played on the U.S team in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships in Austria.

Drafted 14th overall by St. Louis in 1996, Reasoner missed the
majority of the 2003-04 season with knee and ankle injuries,
recording two goals and six assists in just 17 games. The
28-year-old recorded career highs of 11 tallies and 20 assists
the previous campaign.

Acquired from the Blues in the July 2001 deal involving Doug
Weight, Reasoner has 36 goals and 61 assists in 234 career
games.

Smith, a seventh-round pick of Colorado in 1995, last appeared
in the NHL in 1999-00. The captain of the Edmonton Road Runners
of the American Hockey League last season, the 28-year-old has
collected nine penalty minutes in 15 career games with the
Avalanche.

A second-round selection of Colorado in 1998, Sauve made his NHL
debut in 2003-04, posting a 7-7-3 record with a 3.04
goals-against average. The son of former Buffalo Sabres goalie
Bob Sauve, the 25-year-old spent last season with Mississippi of
the ECHL, going 13-4-4 with two shutouts and a 2.59 GAA.

Sauve has appeared in 167 games with Hershey of the American
Hockey League, recording a 71-65-19 mark with 16 shutouts and a
2.39 GAA. He is expected to compete for the backup job toMiikka Kiprusoff, who currently is a restricted free agent.

Pittsburgh Penguins:
After making a pair of major coups in
the first eight days of the free-agent signing period, the Penguins accomplished a minor one Tuesday, re-signing
defenseman Rob Scuderi. Terms were not released.

Selected by Pittsburgh in the fifth round of the 1998 draft,
Scuderi made his NHL debut in 2003-04, collecting a goal, two
assists and four penalty minutes in 13 games. The 26-year-old
spent last season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American
Hockey League, registering two tallies and 18 assists in 79
contests.

The Penguins signed defenseman Sergei Gonchar and right wing
Ziggy Palffy since the free ageny frenzy started last week.

Atlanta Thrashers: The Thrashers took the second and
final step in adding Shane Hnidy to their roster Tuesday,
re-signing the defenseman, who was a restricted free agent. Terms were not disclosed.

A second-round pick of Buffalo in 1994, Hnidy was acquired from
Nashville on July 30 for a fourth-round selection in 2006. He
appeared in nine regular-season games and five playoff contests
with the Predators in 2003-04 after being obtained from theOttawa Senators at the trade deadline.

The 29-year-old Hnidy played for the Florida Everblades of the
ECHL during the NHL lockout last season, recording one goal and
four assists in 19 games. The 6-2, 205-pound Hnidy has compiled
four goals, 18 assists and 353 penalty minutes in 198 NHL
contests.

The Thrashers also signed right wings Brian Maloney and Adam
Smyth on Tuesday.

Maloney, also a restricted free agent, collected seven goals and
10 assists in 77 games with Chicago of the American Hockey
League last season. The 27-year-old also helped the Wolves to
the Calder Cup finals, adding two tallies and one assist in 18
playoff games.

Smyth, 21, split 2004-05 with Chicago and Gwinnett of the ECHL,
recording six goals and 10 assists in 52 contests.

Minnesota Wild: The Wild signed recently-acquired center Todd White to a multiyear contract on Tuesday and
re-signed defenseman Willie Mitchell and left wing Pierre-Marc
Bouchard to one-year deals.
The Wild traded a fourth-round draft pick to Ottawa last month
for White, a veteran of seven NHL seasons who had 29 points for the
Senators in 53 games during the 2003-04 season.
Mitchell had 14 points in a career-high 70 games for Minnesota
during the 2003-04 season, tying for the team lead with a plus-12
rating.
Bouchard was the Wild's first-round draft pick in 2002. After
totaling 22 points in the 2003-04 season, he had a team-high 54
points with Houston of the AHL, Minnesota's top minor league
affiliate, during the NHL lockout.

A second-round pick of Pittsburgh in 1994, Park spent the past
three seasons with Minnesota. He had a career-high 14
goals and 10 assists in 2002-03, adding three goals and three
assists in 18 games during the Wild's unexpected run to the
Western Conference finals.

In 2003-04, Park scored 13 goals and 12 assists in 73 games.
The 29-year-old has 42 tallies and 47 assists in 308 career
contests with the Penguins, Anaheim, Philadelphia and Minnesota.

The only Korean-born player in NHL history, Park split last
season with Malmo IF of Sweden and Langnau SC of Switzerland.
He represented the United States in the 2004 and 2005 World
Championships.

Toronto Maple Leafs: It took three years, but the Maple
Leafs finally got Alexander Steen under contract.

Steen, the team's first-round draft pick in 2002, signed a multi-year deal
with the Maple Leafs on Tuesday.Terms were not disclosed.

The son of former Winnipeg Jet Thomas Steen, the 21-year-old
had nine goals and eight assists for Modo of the Swedish Elite League last season. He
represented Sweden at the 2003 and 2004 World Junior
Championships.

Also on Tuesday, the Maple Leafs signed defenseman Staffan
Kronwall to a multi-year contract

San Jose Sharks: Nils Ekman, who posted career highs of 22 goals and 33 assists in
2003-04, was re-signed to a two-year contract on Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed.

A fifth-round pick of Calgary in 1994, Ekman spent time in the
Tampa Bay and New York Rangers organizations before being
acquired by San Jose in August 2003. He appeared in 82 games
with the Sharks in 2003-04, finishing second on the team in
scoring and posting a club-record plus-30 rating.

A native of Sweden, Ekman, 29, spent last season with Djurgarden of the Swedish
Elite League, scoring team highs of 18 goals and 27 assists.

Information from The Associated Press and SportsTicker was used in this report.